Lupin's leaving was Defining Moments (was Re: CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[pippin_999]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> Come to think of it, this sort of mirrors, or contrasts with Lupin, 
> leaving his family to be Harry.
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Pippin:
The typo says it all. <g> Lupin didn't leave his family because he
wanted to be *with* Harry. He left because he wanted to *be* Harry. He
wanted the clear importance of a  do-or-die mission from Dumbledore
instead of the uncertain rewards  of being a stay-home dad. In
isolation, it does read as if Harry's jumping to conclusions, but if
you look at all of Lupin's interactions with Harry, he's only ever
wanted to be involved if something important was going on. Otherwise,
it's been out of sight, out of mind. 

Lupin left a pregnant woman with whom he'd sworn a life bond, one who
was prone to depression, and was certainly at risk considering her
situation: targeted by death eaters, jobless or soon to be, facing
rejection from her family and her husband and on top of it all the
possibility of bearing a disabled child. 

Tonks's plight, if Lupin had abandoned her, might have been very
similar to Merope's. It would be sadly ironic if Lupin had helped to
save the world from Voldemort, only to have Teddy grow up to be
another Tom.


Pippin